1.05.2013

One word among many

I've been cogitating on my word for the year...its a popular activity among creative types...I did it last year, choosing the word, begin, and liked that I had a touchstone to return to throughout the year...This time, I'm having a difficult time coming up with the one word that describes what I want to express...there are so many words...but I can't seem to find the right one...

I decided that I wanted to spend the year getting to the heart of what my art is...initially I thought of distill...and then it was enhancethen honeenrichsimplifyI wanted to focus on what was important...to spend my time, my energy and my resources most effectively (can you tell that I was an Econ major...can never get away from that cost/benefit analysis!)So I considered scrutinize, examine and purge (all a little too harsh) as well as heed, extract, quintessence, essential, integral and fundamental...Why isn't there a reverse dictionary...where you put in the definition and it gives you the word?I want to spend the next twelve months getting to the heart of my art...whether it be multi-media...or photography... or design...so the word I have settled on is essence...Other artists I know have chosen balance, continue and explore...what about you?

thanks amy, this is a very good exercise for a new year.i want to make good art. i want to teach others to make good art. and i want to surround myself with people who make, appreciate and support good art . . . is there a word for that?happy new year amy let's make it a great one.

Amy - I'm sending you good juju that 2013 is a year of discovering the essence of your creative soul. I haven't gone through the actual process of finding a word like this, but a word does keep popping up in my head over and over since the start of the New Year... DO. So, I have a feeling it might be my word without me even knowing it. Michael

Wonderful choice. I chose not to choose a word of the year this year but if I were to choose a word it would be "examine" - to investigate thoroughly any creative process that my heart desired artfully speaking, on a personal level it would mean to inspect or carefully scrutinize time management, what I am allowing into my life and what needs to be changed or removed in order to maintain a sense of balance. But I am not doing the word thing :)

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